Hitlerjugend Division

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (to some members)
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:composedOf Hitler Youth members
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Sd.Kfz._251
gptkb:StuG_III
gptkb:Panther_tank
gptkb:Panzer_IV
gptkb:Tiger_tank
gptkbp:formed 1943
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Beverloo_Camp,_Belgium
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hitlerjugend Division
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Meine_Ehre_heißt_Treue
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Hitlerjugend
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Fritz_Witt
gptkb:Hubert_Meyer
gptkb:Kurt_Meyer
gptkb:Max_Wünsche
gptkb:Otto_Baum
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Operation_Totalize
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Operation_Spring
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Battle_of_Caen
gptkb:Falaise_Pocket
gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:notableEvent Normandy landings opposition
defense of Vienna 1945
retreat through France 1944
gptkbp:notableFor war crimes
fanatical resistance
high proportion of teenage soldiers
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Fritz_Witt
gptkb:Hubert_Meyer
gptkb:Kurt_Meyer
gptkb:Max_Wünsche
gptkb:Otto_Baum
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:12th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hitlerjugend
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:I_SS_Panzer_Corps
gptkb:6th_Panzer_Army
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:surrenderedTo gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkb:Enns,_Austria
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:SS_runes
gptkbp:warCrimes gptkb:Ardenne_Abbey_massacre
murder of Canadian POWs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SS_Division_Hitlerjugend
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7